This post deals with lab results that can not be uploaded for anyone of dozens of reasons. the current list is shown below. I am going to do a walkthru in 3 manners for the latest addition SynLab (EU):
- Written Description
- Video using a PC
Written Description
The usual best practice is to PRINT the report from the lab and have a pen handy.
- First step is to go thru and circle the high and low.
- For High, if you are more than DOUBLE the high of the range, put 2 up arrow
- For Low, if you are less than HALF the high of the range, put 2 up arrow
The next step can become a little confusing because the same bacteria may have multiple names – your lab uses one, Microbiome Prescription uses another name. We use the standardized names from the NCBI Taxonomy Browser because those names are used by most labs.
To help resolve this issue, we often list the bacteria in the same sequence as on the report.
- Some Reports will list one bacteria at many places which can add to confusion
- Some bacteria do not have matches…
- CAG names are produced by an alternative naming schema that do not map to any NCBI Ids
- Often strains are given, since they do not precisely match, we ignore them and go with the species or genus instead (“closest match”)
- For some genus, the alternative schema breaks things down into _A, _B, _C, _D subgroups. We ignore those
- Since we are entering ONLY abnormal, then use an that are abnormal when there are many to choose from!
We also give some of the alternative names to the right side. If it is a 2 part name, the second part is usually key to making a match
Next we indicate whether the lab says too high or too low. If normal, do nothing. This is made easier if you have a printed copy that has been marked up.
Once you finished entering the data, fill in the bottom. and then clock Do Analysis. You do not need to enter any emails if you wish, but if you want to explore options later, it saves having to re-enter the data.
The Do Analysis will take you to a page to select what type of modifiers you want, etc.
Video using a PC
This is a long video (40 minutes) that does the entire long test results.